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(No Model.)

E.'H. TAYLOR.

MACHINE FOR ATTAGHING BUTTONS.

Patented Ju UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

EUGENE H. TAYLOR, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO IRA J. SAUNDERS,OF SAME PLACE.

MACHINE FOR ATTACHING BUTTONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 344,220, dated June 22,1886.

Applicator] filed February 10, 1886.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EUGENE H. TAYLOR, of Lynn, in the county of Essexand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Machines for Attaching Buttons, of which the following,taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of buttonattaehing machines in whichthe buttons and the fastenings are automatically fed to a position withthe fastener perpendicularly beneath the setting-tool; and it consistsin certain novel features of construction, arrangement, and combinationof parts, which will be readily understood by reference to thedescription of the drawings, and to the claims to be hereinafter given.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation of a machine embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a partial vertical section of the head or upperportion of the machine. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the fixedraceway, the receiverframe, and a portion of the cylinder and itssupporting-rim contiguous to said raceway. Fig. 4 is a side elevation ofthe receiver and certain parts contiguous thereto, viewed from adirection oppositeto Fig. 1. Fig. 5 isa vertical section on line was onFig. 3, drawn to an enlarged scale. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section online y g on Fig. 5. Fig. '7 is a front elevation of a portion of thehead of the machine,

with the cylinder, its supporting disk or rim, and the fixed racewayremoved. Fig. 8 is a horizontal section through a portion of thecylinder, showing the construction of the staple-receiving groovesformed upon the exterior of said cylinder. Fig. 9 is an inverted plan ofa portion of the cylinder, and showing the holes for receiving the boltfor locking the cylinder in position. Fig. 10 is a vertical section of aportion of the cylinder, its supporting disk or rim, and the socket forthe locking-bolt, with said bolt and its operating-spring in elevation.Fig. 11 is a plan of the fixed raceway and a portion of thecylinder-supporting disk or rim connected thereto, so as to preventarotation of said disk or rim; and Fig. 12 is a side elevation of thetreadle-lever for operating the driver.

In the drawings, A is a column, provided Serial No. 191,430. (No model.)

with a broad base, A, for supporting it in an upright position, with theflange A at its upper end, and with ears near its base, to which thetreadle-lever B is pivoted, said column having a slot, (1, extendingthrough the same for the passage of said treadle-lever.

To the flange A is bolted the frame 0, which consists of a hollowcolumn, and the anvilsupport I) and arms b b which support the fixedvertical raceway or chute d, andin which are formed bearings for thereciprocating pl unger e. The frame 0 is also provided with the curvedarm b, the end of which is directly over the center of the column, andhas secured thereto by a pivot-bolt, I), the supporting disk or rim Dand the cylinder E, the support D, which may be a spoked wheel or acircular plate or disk, being prevented from revolving about the boltI)" by a notch cut in its front edge, which engages with the upper endof the fixed raceway d, as shown in Fig. 11.

The cylinder E has formed upon its periphery a series of longitudinalgrooves, (1, extending from the top to the bottom thereof, and of across-section corresponding in size and shape to the T-shaped grooveformed in the raceway d. The cylinder E has formed in its lower end asmany detent-holes fas there are grooves 0 upon its periphery, with whichholes the locking-bolt f engages to lock the cylinder in position, withone of the grooves c in line with the groove in the raceway (1, saidboltf being forced into said hole by the spring g, inclosed in thesocket g,secu red to or formed upon the disk or rim D, as shown. "heraceway (1 is secured in a fixed position to the arms b l)- by thescrews h h, and serves as a cap to the bearings in said arms, in whichthe rectangular plunger 0 reciprocates. The upper end of theplunger c ispivoted to the forked free end of the lever F, pivoted by its other endto the arm b, and having pivoted to the middle ot'its length the upperend of the rod G, the lower end of which is pivoted to the treadle B, asshown in Figs. 1, 2, and 12.

H is a spiral spring, which surrounds the rod G within the tubularportion of the frame 0 ,between the plate 11, resting upon the upper endof the column, and the adjustable collar i, fitted to the threaded upperportion of the rod G, but within the chamber of the f rame C, saidspring serving to move the treadle B, rod G, leverF, andthe plunger 6upward when the foot of the operator is removed from the treadle B. Thethreaded upper portion of the rod G is also provided with the threadedcollar j and check-nut j, above the tubular column of the frame 0, toserve as a stop to limit the downward movement of the treadle B, rod G,lever F, and plunger e when the operator places his foot upon thetreadle B to set or attach a button. The plunger ehas secured to itsfront side and at its lower end the steel driver 6 as shown in Figs. 5and 7 A four-sided frame, I, surrounds and incloses the plunger 6,driver e", the front portions of the arms I) and I), and the front endof the lever F, and is suspended from the pin i, which connects, theplunger e to; the lever F, which pin projects at each end beyond theleverF into slots k, formed in the frame I, near its upper end, for thepurpose of such suspension, all as shown in 1, 2, and 7. r The frameIhas set in opposite sides thereof, just above the slots 70, pins Z,upon which the front ends of the springs an act to press said frame Idownward, so, as tokeep the upper ends of the slots k incontact with thepin 01 until the downward movementof the frarneI is arrested by ,itslower end coming in contact with the anvil a, set inthe arm or support bIn the lower crossbar of the frame I is formed a T-shaped groove, at,extending from itsnpper to its lower side, the sides of the widestportion of which are each formed of two perpendicular linesconnected bya curved line, as shown in Fig. 7. When the plunger is in its uppermostposition, with the lower end of the. driver 6? slightly above the lowerend of the raceway l, the upperside of the lower bar of the frame I isincontact with the raceway, and the groove n in said bar coincideswith andforms an extension of thegroove in said raceway, as shown in Fig. 5.

. The frame I has formed inone side thereof, near itslower end, a curvedslot, 0, intowhich the anti-friction roll 0, mounted upon 1 stud setinthe side of the arm 1), projects, and upon the cam-shaped edges of whichsaid roll acts as said frame is moved up and down to move the lower endof said frame late-rally, so thatwhen the lower end of said frame comesinto contact with the anvil n, or the work restingv thereon,the widestpart of the groove. n in the lower bar of said frame I will be directlybeneath and in linewith the driver e, so that as the driver continues tomove downward it will pass down the groove n and dI'iVGllhflbllttOIl-ifastening staplethrough the material and turn its endsinward upon theunder side of'the material. The lips which form the front wall of thewidest portion of the. raceway-groove, and, also the sides of thenarrower groove or slit. in which the eyes of. thebutton move, are,formed by'the two removable plates and 9, secured to the, main castingof the raceway by the screws q g, which plates are provided with the.ears 4 and 47, which projectoutward therefrom, as shown. The ears 1* andr have pivoted'thereto the elbow-levers r and r respectively, one arm ofeach of which is directly in front of the raceway-groove, and has itsend curved inward toward said raceway, so that when not forciblyretracted its end will come in contact wit-h the plates 19 and p andarrest the downward movement of the buttons and their attached staples.Each of the levers r and r" isprovided with a third arm, to the end ofwhich is connected one end of the spiral spring 3, the tension of whichtends to hold a the curved stop-arms of said levers in contact with theplates 1) and p.

The frame I has set in its left-hand side,

- near its lower end, the pin 8, which, when the frame is moved upward,comes in contact with an arm of the lever W, and raises it so as toretract the curved stop-arm of said lever from beneath the button in theraceway between said curvedstop-arm and the curved stop-arm of the lever17 whensaid button will drop into the groove formed in the lowercross-bar of theframe I,where its downward movement is arrested by theprongs of the staple comingin contact with the contracted side wallsofthe wider part of the groovcn of the raceway, and by which itis conveyedinto a position with said staple beneath the driver preparatory to being1 driven into and clinched to the material resting upon the anvil, whenthe frame I and the plunger edescend. When the frame I descends, the

pin 3 moves away from the lever r", and the tension of the spring 8causes the stop-arm of said lever to come into contact,with the plates12 and p in position to arrest the downward movement of the column ofbuttons, when the stoparm of the lever r is retracted, which is done bythe pin 8" coming in contact with an arm thereof, which occurs soonafter the lower stop arm comes in contact with the plates 1) and p, asabove described. The grooves in the periphery of the cylinder I arecharged or f lled by hand with fastening-stapleswith their pointsdownward, and each passed through the eye of a button, the shank of theeye of. which is in and guided by the front or narrow part of theraceway-groove while the button-heads are outsideof the grooves, and thecylinder is moved intermittently by hand to bring a filled groove overthe raceway when thebuttons in another groove have been all dischargedinto the raceway. Y

WhatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentof the UnitedStates, is

1 1., In a machine for attaching buttons, the

, combination of a stationary raceway for guiding the staples and theirconnected buttons to the setting-tools, and a. cylinder having a seriesof longitudinal grooves extending from end to'end thereof, and eachconstructed to be charged with a series of staples and their connectedbuttons, said cylinder being arranged and adapted-to beintermittentlyrevolved to bring said grooves successively into line with saidstationary raceway.

2. In a machine for attaching buttons, the

combination of a fixed raceway arranged to guide the staples and theirconnected buttons, a reciprocating driver or setting-plunger arrangedparallel with and in close proximity to said raceway, and with itssetting end above the delivery end of the raceway, an anvil orclinching-die located beneath and in line with said setting-plunger, butremoved therefrom, a receiver suspended from and reeiprocated by a pinset in said setting-plunger and provided with a cam-slot, and a fixedpin to engage with said cam-slot,whereby said receiver may be movedobliquely from a position in contact beneath and in line with the fixedraceway to a position in contact with the anvil or the work restingthereon, and directly beneath and in line with the setting-plunger, andreturned to its former position by the reciprocation of said plunger.

3. In a machine for attaching buttons, the combination of astaple-raceway for guiding the staples, with their connected buttons, tothe setting-tools, two independent stop-levers for separating the lowerbutton from the remaining buttons in the raceway, and a reciprocatingframe provided with two pins, constructed and arranged so that one pinshall retract one stop-lever when said frame moves upward and the otherpin shall retract the other stop-lever when the frame moves downward.

4. The combination of a fixed staple-raceway, a revoluble cylinderprovided upon its exterior with a series of longitudinal groovesconstructed and arranged to receiveanumber of staples with their pointsdownward,and with buttons attached, and a locking device for securingsaid cylinder in position with either of said grooves in line with thefixed raceway, substantially as described.

5. The combination, in a button-attaching machine, of a revolublecylinder provided with a series of longitudinal grooves upon itsexterior, each constructed and adapted to receive a number of stapleswith their points downward,and with buttons attached, a fixed ornon-revoluble base disk or rim constructed to support said cylinder andcover or close the lower end of all of said grooves but one, a lockingdevice for securing said cylinder in any one of as many positions asthere are grooves in its periphery, and a fixed raceway arranged beneathsaid cylinder and in line with the staple-containing groove not coveredby the base disk or rim, substantially as described.

6. The combination of the fixed staple-raceway (I, the driver-plunger 06 the frame I, having at its lower end the receiver a, and provided ator near its upper end with the straight slots L k, and near its lowerend with the curved or cam slot 0, the roll 0, mounted upon a fixedstud, the anvil n,loeated beneath and in line with the driver, thevibrating lever F,the pin 2', extending into the slots k 7c, and thespring m,constructed and arranged to act upon the frame I to press itdownward.

7. The combination of a fixed staple-guiding raceway, a reciprocatingdriver, a vibratory lever for operating said driver, the frame I,suspended from and operated by said lever, the pins 8 and s", set insaid frame, the levers 1- and r, and the spring 8, all constructed,arranged, and adapted to operate substantially as and for the purposesdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence oftwo subscribing witnesses, on this 8th day of February, A. D.1886.

EUGENE H. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

N. C. LOMBARD, XVALTER E. LOMBARD.

